The former chief software architect at Microsoft and Lotus Notes creator told the Boston Globe that he is starting a new company called Cocomo and is hiring in the Boston and Seattle areas.

On his Twitter account yesterday, Ozzie said: "What a fantastic year. On to the next adventure."

Ozzie was cagey about what Cocomo will be working on and whether the company has raised money. The first job posting for a user interface designer describes the company's goal this way:

A new day has dawned as it relates to how we might interact with one another, and a handful of us are just starting work on a new communications product for this new world. We've got huge goals, pragmatic plans, and a sense of urgency. We aspire to deliver compelling tools for social interaction that people will use, value and love.

Among the new team at Cocomo is co-founder Matt Pope, who worked at Groove Networks with Ozzie and then at Microsoft, and software engineer Ransom Richardson, who also worked with Ozzie at his former ventures.